Federal Judge Deems D.C. Gun Law Unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled on Monday that Washington, D.C.’s concealed carry law is unconstitutional.

The ruling deemed the “good reason” clause – which stated that those applying for a concealed carry permit must have a “good reason” to do so – was in violation of the second amendment. Judge Frederick J. Scullin issued the order, which came less than a year after the same judge ruled D.C.’s complete gun carry ban to be unconstitutional.

“This conclusion should not be read to suggest that it would be inappropriate for the District of Columbia to enact a licensing mechanism that includes appropriate time, place and manner restrictions on the carrying of handguns in public,” Scullin’s said in his ruling.

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“The District of Columbia’s arbitrary ‘good reason’/’proper reason’ requirement, however, goes far beyond establishing such reasonable restrictions," he added. "Rather, for all intents and purposes, this requirement makes it impossible for the overwhelming majority of law-abiding citizens to obtain licenses to carry handguns in public for self-defense, thereby depriving them of their Second Amendment right to bear arms.”